Geospatial Data Mining

Objectives

Geospatial Data Mining (GSDM) has distinct characteristics from general data mining (DM) conducted based on company data. Although a large number of coincidences exist between them, there are some differences, which are very important and must not be neglected. This course aims to present the methodology of data mining, as well as its main tools and further emphasize the specifics that exist in geospatial data exploration. Thus, by the end of this course, students should have a good understanding of the main tools of data mining, as well as critical thinking regarding its application in the context of geographic information science (GISc)

General characterization

Code

200060

Credits

7.5

Responsible teacher

Roberto André Pereira Henriques

Hours

Weekly - Available soon

Total - Available soon

Teaching language

Portuguese. If there are Erasmus students, classes will be taught in English

Prerequisites

None

Bibliography

Papers will be supplied for each module of the course; 0; 0; 0; 0

Teaching method

The unit (UC) is based on problem oriented approach with the active acquisition of knowledge by students.
The UC consists of asynchronous reading of various materials and on the realization of projects and a synchronous part that consists of classroom sessions and tutorials.

Evaluation method

A final exam (30%) Four individual projects: two theoretical (10% each) and 2 practical (25% and 20%)

Subject matter

1. Introduction to Geospatial Data Mining
2. The role of data mining in the GIsc
3. Unsupervised Classification
4. Supervised Classification